Poverty comparisons over time and across countries in Africa
Poverty comparisons over time and across countries in Africa
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DOI：
10.1016/s0305-750x(00)00075-9
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发表时间：
2000-12-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Stifel, DC
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作者：
Sahn, DE;Stifel, DC
我们使用人口与健康调查(DHS)来比较非洲国家内部和非洲国家之间两个或两个以上时间点的“贫困”。我们的福利指标是对各种家庭特征、耐用品和户主教育程度进行因素分析后得出的指数。这一措施的一个好处是，对于跨期和区域内的比较，我们不需要依赖可疑的价格平减指数和货币兑换因素。国土安全部调查问卷的广泛可获得性和相似性便于对不同时间和国家进行比较。我们的结果总体上显示，贫困人口在过去十年中有所下降，这主要是由于农村地区的改善。(C)2000年，爱思唯尔科学有限公司出版。
We use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to compare "poverty" at two or more points in time within and between African countries. Our welfare measure is an index resulting from a factor analysis of various household characteristics, durables, and household heads' education. An advantage of this measure is that for intertemporal and intraregional comparisons, we need not rely on suspect price deflators and currency conversion factors. The wide availability and similarity of questionnaires of the DHS facilitate comparisons over both time and countries. Our results generally show declines in poverty during the previous decade, largely due to improvements in rural areas. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.